Ancient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system — 12MB relic from 1998 successfully runs Quake 2 but crumbles in SLI configuration

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Ancient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system — 12MB relic from 1998 successfully runs Quake 2 but crumbles in SLI configuration

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Hardware@programming.devEnglish · 1 month ago

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It is great to see legendary old hardware that is still able to work in the latest PC systems.

It is great to see legendary old hardware that is still able to work in the latest PC systems.

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